Via CBR, Image Comics have announced “Immortal Sergeant,” a new, nine-part series from “I Kill Giants” writer Joe Kelly and artist Ken Niimura. The comic follows Jim “Sarge” Sargent, a detective on the verge of retirement, who “catches a break on a murder case that’s haunted him for decades. Unfortunately, Sarge must drag his anxiety-riddled adult son, Michael, along for the ride or risk losing the lead forever. Can this dysfunctional duo overcome their own hang-ups, blindspots, and secrets to catch a killer?”
Kelly comments, “The story of ‘Immortal Sergeant’ is loosely based on aspects of my life, dramatized and punched up to be much more exciting, but it was emotionally challenging to write. I knew that Ken was the only person who could bring the book to life with the heart, comedy, and impact I’d hoped to convey, and he knocked it out of the park.” Niimura adds, “It’s taken us time — a LOT of time — for Joe and I to figure out the right project to work on together again, but here we are at last! Sarge is a very complicated and nuanced character, at the root of many of Joe’s creations, from Deadpool to Barbara from ‘I Kill Giants,’ and I can’t think of a better home than Image Comics for him.”
“Immortal Sergeant” #1 releases January 18, 2023. In further Image Comics news involving former “Deadpool” creators today, the publisher announced “Scotch McTiernan’s Holiday Party,” a third one-shot starring the title character by Gerry Duggan, Brian Posehn, and Scott Koblish. The comic will see the “Secret History of the War on Weed” hero somehow get involved with the “most powerful Scrooges in the human race,” after they “are visited by the Ghost of Christmas Future when they try to colonize Mars.” It will bow beforehand on January 4.
